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Report back on Cannes

By Dale Bedford Published on July 4, 2011 in Events, Expos and Film Industry South Africa. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

View of Cannes Harbour

After a fun-filled, Rosé-fueled week in Cannes, it’s back to reality.  But not before a little update on all the happenings!

Much gratitude to Philippa for the endless hours of fundraising and organisation – after all the build-up to Cannes over the past months she and Chris pulled off a brilliant South Africa Party at the Plage Royale on Friday night.  We were also able to hang out there for most of the week and created a very casual S.A. base for ticket collection and promotional material.

It was very much go-go-go from the moment of arrival.  We were hosted very generously by Kodak on their boat on Tuesday and Thursday for drinks functions as well as for a South African Industry brunch on Wednesday morning.  Plage Royale proved an excellent base from which attendees could collect party tickets for Friday night and we could enjoy delicious lunches.  Thursday started out very tame and ended at the obligatory Gutter Bar at 4 in the morning, after enjoying some Swiss hospitality and then a raucous evening at the Shots Party.  Friday evening was brilliant fun, after Philippa, Ray and I bruised fingers tying helium balloons!

All in all, a really enjoyable time and a final thank you once again to all the sponsors who made this event possible: AFS Productions, Gatehouse Commercials, Lucky Rabbit Films and Moonlighting Film Production Services as well as Amazing Spaces, AVIS, Cinemark, Film & Event Publishing, Groundglass, Juice Film, Media Film Service, One Step Beyond, Panavision, Pioneer Freight, Searle St Post and Unitravel.  You can also see more on the Facebook Group Page for the event.

Yes, we Cannes

By Dale Bedford Published on June 7, 2011 in Commercials, Events, Expos and Film Industry South Africa. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Cannes Lions Advertising Festival 19 - 25 June

It’s almost time for one of the most exciting advertising festivals of the year – Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity!

We’ve joined a private initiative to collectively market and showcase South Africa as a commercial shoot destination.  It’s going to be the 7th year running that there’ll be such a collective and we’ll be hosting a ‘South Africa Party’ on Plage Royale in Cannes (yes, right on the beach) on Friday 24 June from 10pm.  The party is being arranged by Philippa of Big Bash Theory and is set to be a magnificent success.  If you’re going to be around drop me a line as it’s invites only – so best be quick!  You can also find more info on the Facebook Group Page

We will also be hanging around sunning ourselves on the Plage Royale during the days if you want to pop in and say hi.  See you there and a big shout-out to all the sponsors who’ve got involved.

Cannes Lions Sponsors for South Africa Party

Report back: UPdate Expo 2011

By Dale at Amazing Spaces Published on May 16, 2011 in Expos. 0 Comments

From left: Maro, Joerg, Kate, Gavin Levy, Julia, Dale, Denise Levy

Much fun and plenty of champagne was had at this year’s UPdate Expo in Frankfurt.  The expo was held at the Palais im Zoo, Frankfurt am Main for the second year running and formed part of the ADC Festival.  Julia and I were lucky enough to be supported by Maro who came from Amazing Spaces Croatia and Kate from Amazing Spaces Mallorca.  Also there were Joerg from Sunshine Company (Cape Town), Gavin and Denise Levy of Cape Town Productions and Julie van Damme and Nicole Klassen of EuroConnection.

Julie van Damme and Nicole Klassen representing EuroConnection

Denise Levy of Cape Town Productions

Marketing South Africa in Frankfurt

By Dale at Amazing Spaces Published on April 29, 2011 in Expos. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Sissy Boy Breathless Campaign

Amazing Spaces will be among the three South African companies exhibiting at Go-See’s Update Expo this year.  Held annually in Germany, this year’s event takes place during the Art Director’s Club (ADC) Festival which starts on the 4th of May.

The Expo itself will be held in the Palais im Zoo in Frankfurt on Friday 6 May preceded by a networking function on Thursday evening and followed by the (in)famous after-party on Friday night.  Last year proved a fantastic opportunity to showcase South Africa from a locations perspective and we expect nothing less from this year’s event.

Julie van Damme and Nicole Klassen are attending for EuroConnection and Gavin and Denise Levy will be there promoting Cape Town Productions.  From a service provider perspective Amazing Spaces’ stand will be manned by Julia Finnis-Bedford and Dale Bedford and we’re looking forward to catching up with Kate Greaves (Amazing Spaces Mallorca) and Maro Kockovic (Amazing Spaces Croatia) whilst there.  Also in attendance, Joerg from Sunshine Company.  We’ll keep you posted right here or via our Twitter account!